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THE SOCIAL TWINS 


Copyright 1924, by 

Albert Whitman & Co., Chicago, U. S. A. 



JUST RIGHT BOOKS 



BY 


CAROLINE SILVER JUNE 


Fifty Indian Legends 
Fifty Fairy Flower Legends 
Rosy Face Twins 
Fifty Sky Legends 

Published by 

ALBERT WHITMAN & CO. 
Chicago, U. S. A. 



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A "JUST RIGHT” BOOK 


PUBLISHED IN THE U. S. A. 








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FOREWORD 


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Hark to these tales of Etiquette, 

Here are many things you will not forget, 
The Social Twins go hand in hand, 

They are well-mannered you understand, 
You will like Miss Welcome for you see, 
She is useful in any community, 

When you read this book you’ll not regret, 
That you’re learning rules of Etiquette. 


Bebtcatton 

This little Book is sincerely dedicated in all 
appreciation to 

JOYCE G. BISBEE 

a soul devoted to the enlightenment of her fellow 
beings and whose heart for children is always 
overflowing for their practical betterment. 


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CONTENTS 


CONTENTS 

Betsy and Bobby.9 

Miss Welcome. 21 

Visiting the Public Library.38 

Jolly Riding.52 

Courtesy at School.65 

The Good Table.76 

the Little Writers.86 

The “Remember” booklets.99 




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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

Page 

The Postman Brought the Letters. Frontispiece 

The Twins Called Out Adieu. 8 

Little Wee Girl Lay Fast Asleep.. 9 

Crept Under the Bed after Her Shoe.. * 3 

They Could Go into the Country. 21 

Little Gay . 22 

Little Glum.... • 23 

Mother Said It Is a Good Idea to Learn Some Manners at 

Home . 27 

It Was in Walking Up the Library Steps. 43 

And Might Not Be Poor at All. 47 

A Funny Old Man, a Little Lame Boy, and a Girl in Red. ... 53 

The Little Girl in Red Talked Noisily.. 57 

A Tiny Tin Horse as a Present. 63 

Were Surprised to Hear the Family Clock Say. 65 

He Wrote Twenty Times. 69 

A Well Mannered Child. 7 ^ 

So They Were Happy When Miss Welcome Came.. 77 

The Twins Improved Their Manners Every Day. 85 

They Each Had Their Own Box of Writing Paper. 89 

To Write a Little Booklet. 99 

Do Not Cry When Disappointed. 103 

Try Always To Be On Time. 105 

Good Manners Every Day to Learn.HI 


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Little Wee Girl Lay Fast Asleep 


BETSY AND BOBBY 

The Social Twins, Betsy and Bobby, 
peeped into the room where Little Wee 
Girl lay fast asleep. 

Now Little Wee Girl was their sister 
and they loved her dearly, but such a 
room as they saw! 






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Little Wee Girl had dropped her 
clothes on the floor and there they lay 
in a heap just as she had stepped out 
of them. One shoe was hidden under 
her dress and one was under the bed! 

A lamp burned in the room and the 
window was closed. 

My! how close the air was! My! 
how silly it was to be afraid of the 
dark, and afraid of fresh air. 

When Betsy saw the wash stand she 
said softly, 

“I’d like to lend a helping hand, 

And tidy up the old wash stand.” 


The bowl was half full of water, the 




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pitcher was on a chair. The soap was 
floating in the bowl and the tooth 
brush was standing in a cup of water! 


There was a neat little towel rack, 

But to hang there the towels had no knack. 


Sad to say, one towel was on the 
pitcher and one on the floor. 

Betsy said, ‘ ‘Let us tidy up her room 
so she can see how neat it looks in the 
morning.” 

Bobby said, ‘‘If mother were here 
she would say that Wee Girl had to 
wait on herself.” So the children stood 
still, but Betsy went very close to the 
little head on the pillow and whispered, 




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“You are not ready for dreamland quite, 

’Till you open the window and put out the 
light.” 

Bobby whispered, 

“I’ve seen careless children often before, 

But see paper and string upon this floor.” 

The children tip-toed out of the 
room and little Wee Girl dreamed that 
the Social Twins put her room in 
order. 

When the clock struck six she woke 
up and rubbed her sleepy eyes. She 
saw her room in disorder. My! how 
ashamed she was! 

She picked up her clothes and laid 
them neatly on a chair beside the bed, 




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she even made up a little verse as she 
crept under the bed after her missing 
shoe. 

“You can be careful of slippers and shoes, 
And pick them up neatly if you choose.” 

She put out the lamp that was still 
burning faintly and opened her win¬ 
dow. How good the sweet fresh air 
felt as it blew into the close room! 











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The little Wee Girl said, “I wish I 
had left my window open all night. 
How foolish I am to be afraid of the 
dark. I do not need a lamp burning.” 

Next the little Wee Girl tidied up 
her wash stand and hung up the towels 
on the rack where they belonged. Then 
she got dressed and aired her bed and 
made it up neatly. 

She even had time to run the sweeper 
over her floor before breakfast, singing 
as she worked, 

"The floor should always be neat and clean 
To be a careful child I mean.” 


She was so good-natured at break¬ 
fast that Father said: 




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“I think you must have been having 
happy dreams.” Little Wee Girl 
smiled to herself and the Social Twins 
smiled, too. 

When little Wee Girl came home 
from school that night she found two 
surprises. One was a stand with a 
pretty drop-light on it, for they had 
electric lights put in that day, and the 
other surprise was a wee book bound 
in red, a gift from the Social Twins. 

The little book was called, “THE 
ROOM IN ORDER.” 

As little Wee Girl had been good all 
day, and as Mother had returned, 
when evening came she tucked her in 




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bed, turned on the new light and said 
she might read out of the little book 
for half an hour. 

Let us peep over her shoulder and 
read with her: 

THE ROOM IN ORDER. 

If the four walls of a room could 
talk they would say, “We love to see a 
clean floor and picked up room; we 
love to feel the fresh air and warm sun¬ 
shine, and we wish you would air your 
room every day, and let fresh air in 
every night. 

Do not tack all sorts of cards and 
banners on the wall for it makes ugly 
holes to drive in tacks and nails. If 




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you have a picture moulding you may 
hang pictures from it by means of a 
wire, if not, you may set a picture or 
two on your bureau. 

What a comfort it is to see a clean 
floor! It takes only a few minutes to 
run a carpet sweeper over it every day 
and to dust a little. 

Every neat child will place clothing 
folded up on a chair when undressed, 
and shoes should be placed under the 
chair where no one will stumble over 
them if necessary to come into the 
room in the night. 

If you have a wash stand be sure to 
keep it clean, the pitcher in the bowl, 




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soap in the soap-dish, and towels on 
the rack. If you wash in the Bath 
Room try to keep everything picked 
up and in its place. 

Of course you brush your teeth every 
night before going to bed. 

You do not need a light in the room. 
You will sleep better in the dark, and 
there is nothing to be afraid of. 

The guardian angels of the night 
will watch over you after your prayers 
are said. 

Open your window and take long 
breaths and you are ready for Dream¬ 
land. 

You should not read in bed except 




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for a short time as a special privilege. 

It is tiresome to hear a child say, 
“I cannot find my hair ribbon. I can¬ 
not find my handkerchief.” 

Keep your bureau picked up out¬ 
side and inside. Do not drop odds 
and ends on it, and never leave any 
hair in your brush or comb. Wash 
your brush and comb on Saturday in 
hot water and soda, dry them in the 
sun. 

Inside the bureau drawers have a 
small box for your handkerchiefs, an¬ 
other for ribbons or neck-ties, etc. 

Little Wee Girl said sleepily, 

“I’m a little girl but I’ll not forget 
These rules of Bed Room Etiquette.” 






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Just as she was wondering if every 
room had its rules of order she fell 
asleep, and she slept with the little 
book tucked under her pillow. 











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MISS WELCOME 



They Could Go into the Country 


The Social Twins were known at 
home as Betsy Bobbet and Bobby Bob- 
bet. They were so anxious to learn to 
do the correct thing always that they 
were glad when Father and Mother 
corrected them, and they helped other 
children to learn good manners. 

One day when they had been very 
good Mother promised them they 
could go into the country and visit 





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Little Gay 


their cousins little Glum and little 
Gay. 

Of course those were not their real 
names, but the children had received 
nick-names, unfortunately, long ago 
and so they were still called “Glum 
and Gay.” 

Father took the children to visit 
their cousins and as they arrived late 
in the evening they soon went to bed. 




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Little Glum 


The first thing the Social Twins 
heard in the morning was a voice 
calling, 

“Good morning, it is time to rise, 

Rub the sleep from off your eyes.” 

Little Glum turned over to take 
another nap but Little Gay jumped 
out of bed as soon as the Twins did, 
and began to dress at once. 




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Bobby Bobbet tickled little Glum 
under the chin so he had to wake in 
spite of himself, and Bobby said, 

“I give little children all fair warning, 

The first thing to do is to say ‘Good morn¬ 
ing’.” 

Little Gay cried “Good morning,” 
quite gayly and he remembered to say 
“good morning” at the breakfast table 
too. 

Little Glum frowned as he looked 
down at his plate and said, “I don’t 
like oat-meal, I want cakes and syrup.” 

Betsy said, 

“As children we should try to be good 
And never, never complain of our food.” 




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Then little Glum began to scold 
about the weather. 

He said, “I hate rainy days, can’t 
I stay home to-day?” 

Mother laughed and replied, 

“When a little girl I was taught, 

We are neither sugar nor salt.” 

The children all laughed and said, 
“That means that rain won’t hurt us 
as it would sugar or salt.” 

The children all were neatly dressed 
except little Glum. He had forgotten 
his neck-tie and Father said quietly, 
“You had better be introduced to the 
shoe-blacking bottle before you start 
out. Shoes well-blacked are the mark 
of a gentleman.” 




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Mother said, “It is a good idea to 
learn some manners at home, and I 
wish you boys would feed your pets 
before you go to school.” 

Little Glum had a pet dog and little 
Gay a pet canary. 

The Twins danced about so light and airy, 
And said, “Feed and water your canary.” 


The children said, “We are glad the 
Twins are here, they will help us re¬ 
member many things.” They fed 
their dog and gave him a drink of 
water, and then the boys had such a 
hunt for their caps and books that 
the Social Twins said, 













































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“Of such confusion we never heard, 

To us it really seems absurd.” 

They told Glum and Gay if they 
had put their caps on the hat-rack 
and their books on the table, they 
would have found them readily in the 
morning. 

The boys had spent so much time 
they were afraid of being late to school, 
and started on the run, but Mother 
called them back to tell her good bye. 

The Social Twins called out “adieu, 

’Tis thus we say good bye to you.” 

The children said, “We wish the 
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When they got home from school 
that afternoon they carelessly tossed 
down their caps and books as usual. 

Little Gay went to find Mother to 
tell her he had come home from school, 
and to see if she wanted any errands 
done but little Glum ran right out to 
play ball with the boys and Mother 
was worried wondering where he was. 

Little Gay found visitors with 
Mother, but he was in such a hurry 
that he passed in front of them and 
even interrupted Mother, who was 
talking. 

Mother said, “Where are your 
Every Day Manners, little Gay, say 




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‘Excuse me,’ when passing in front of 
any one, and by all means do not 
interrupt.” 

Little Gay then shook hands 
politely with the visitors but selfishly 
took one of the best chairs in the room, 
so if another visitor came there would 
be no good place for her. By and by he 
went out and came in eating a cookie. 
Mother at once sent him out for a 
plate full of cookies and asked him to 
pass them to her visitors. 

He learned, 

It is rude to eat before company, 

Unless the rest are helped you see. 


Little Brag, a neighbor’s boy came 




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in to get a book that had been bor¬ 
rowed from him and not returned. He 
stood in the middle of the floor at¬ 
tracting attention and bragging about 
his new watch. 

One of the visitors was Miss Wel¬ 
come, a social worker in the com¬ 
munity. She was well liked and tried 
to help everybody. She told little 
Gay and little Glum a story that even¬ 
ing, and she brought in their names 
just for fun. She said, 

“Once upon a time two little boys 
went to Dreamland and met all the 
borrowed things they had in the house, 
the borrowed sled stood on end and 




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made faces at them, the borrowed kite 
laughed and said, 

“We are borrowed things, we never go home. 

Little Glum, Little Gay, we are glad you’ve 
come.” 

“Then the borrowed things began 
to give the children a good whipping, 
crying, ‘This boy forgot to say good 
morning. This boy forgot to practise. 
This boy threw his clothing on the 
floor. Oh, ho! these children have no 
home manners at all’.” 

“How did the story end?” asked the 
boys in wonder. 

Miss Welcome said, “You will have 
to tell the end of the story yourselves. 
Can you?” 




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Next day, at school little Glum and 
Gay wrote the best papers on Every 
Day Manners, that were passed in. 

As they wrote much the same thing 
we will peep over their shoulders to 
see what they wrote. 

Every Day Manners. 

Every child should rise in the morn¬ 
ing the first time he is called, and pick 
up his room, dress neatly, comb his 
hair, wash thoroughly and be sure his 
shoes are blackened. 

He should say “Good morning,” 
and try to be pleasant at the breakfast 
table, and never, never complain of 
food, or weather or anything about 
him. 




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After breakfast every child should 
have some duties to perform inside 
the house or out. If he has pets, he 
should see they have food and water 
and not be constantly reminded to 
look after them. If he has errands to 
do, he should do them promptly. 

It will improve any child’s Every 
Day Manners to have a place for his 
wraps, and books, and toys, and put 
them all away carefully at night, so 
they can be quickly found in the morn¬ 
ing. 

Any child is thoughtless who leaves 
home without saying good bye. 

A good mannered child is on time 
wherever he goes. 




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No one admires a child who boasts, 
brags, or teases. 

As soon as a child returns home, he 
should tell his Mother He has come, 
and ask if there are any errands to be 
done. If so, he should do them cheer¬ 
fully before he goes out to play. 

If visitors are present a well- 
mannered child will stand beside 
Mother and wait until she asks him 
to speak. 

No matter how hungry you are, you 
can remember to be polite and Mother 
will tell you what you may have be¬ 
tween meals. It is very thoughtless 
to bring in a crowd of children and 




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take them all to the cookie jar with¬ 
out permission. If Mother wants you 
to treat your friends, she will tell 
you so. 

Every good - mannered child is 
happy and good through the day and 
respects the rights of others. 

Go to bed the FIRST time you are 
told, or better still if you have a regu¬ 
lar hour set for bed, retire on the stroke 
of the clock without being told. 

Miss Welcome read the papers the 
children wrote and said, 

“Dear children, I hope you’ll not forget, 
These rules of Every Day Etiquette.” 

It took little Glum and Gay some 




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time to learn to spell the new word 
“Etiquette.” Can you spell it with¬ 
out looking on this page? 

Little Glum grew happier every day, 

And very well-mannered grew Little Gay, 
Miss Welcome said, “Far you may roam, 
But please remember good manners at 
home,” 

Bright boys and girls will not regret, 

If they learn simple rules of Etiquette, 

The Social Twins paused then to say, 
“Remember your manners every day!” 




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VISITING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

Little Wee Boy and little Wee Girl 
said to Mother one day “May we go 
out walking?” 

Mother said, “Yes, if the Social 
Twins will go with you, they always 
seem to know what to do.” 

Bobby and Betsy came just then, 
and said, “Mother we will take care 
of little Wee Boy and Girl, and per¬ 
haps we can teach them something, 
too.” 

Bobby looked down at the little Wee 
children’s feet as they started out and 
remarked, 




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“Every boy and girl can turn OUT his toes, 
And walk properly as I suppose!” 

Little Wee Boy and Girl looked 
down at their feet then, of course, to 
see if they were walking properly. 

Then Betsy looked at the children’s 
arms and remarked, 

“Some people like better to walk than ride, 
Let your arm hang down loosely at your 
side.” 

Little Wee Boy took little Wee 
Girl’s arm and Bobby said, 

“How many times must I repeat, 

Don’t take arms walking on the street.” 


Little Wee Boy said, “Can’t I take 
Wee Girl’s arm EVER on the street?” 




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Betsy said, “Of course you may if 
she is afraid, or to help her over a 
crossing, or if it is very dark, but it 
looks foolish to take a person’s arm 
in the day time.” 

One of the children nearly ran into a 
girl who was walking fast because he 
did not turn out, and Bobby said, 

“In this country if you are bright, 

You’ll remember to turn to the right.” 

At this very minute, to their sur¬ 
prise they met little Glum and little 
Gay. 

Little Gay spoke pleasantly and 
raised his hat to the girls, but Glum 
walked ahead frowning. 




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Little Wee Girl began to hum and 
little Wee Boy began to whistle and 
the Social Twins spoke up at once say¬ 
ing, together, 

“If you were in the play-ground ring, 

Then you could whistle and you could sing 
But it’s not good manners, let us repeat, 

To whistle or sing upon the STREET!’’ 

Little Wee Boy and Girl said, “We 
are glad we have the Social Twins to 
teach us manners.” 

Next, they met little Stranger, a 
child they had met, but did not re¬ 
member. She spoke and Bobby 
whispered, 

“This one thing we all can do, 

Speak when we are SPOKEN TO.’’ 




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The children then hastened to speak 
to little Stranger, and as they were 
only going for a pleasure walk asked 
her to join them. 

As they came near the Public 
Library Betsy said they might go in¬ 
side to rest awhile, if they would walk 
in quietly and not talk, for it was not 
good manners to even whisper in a 
Library unless to ask a necessary ques¬ 
tion. People in a Library want to be 
quiet and read, and it is never good 
manners to disturb any one. 

It was in walking up the Library 
steps that a slight accident happened. 

Little Wee Boy had been carrying a 
closed umbrella in an improper way 





It Was in Walking Up the Library Steps 

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because he knew no better. He had it 
sticking out under his arm and hit 
little Stranger as she came up behind 
him. The umbrella hit her on the 
forehead and made her cry a little. 

Betsy said, “A closed umbrella 
should be carried at the side, close to 
the person, so it could never hit any 
one and when entering a Public Place 
it must be placed in an umbrella stand. 

The boys took off their caps and 
placed them on the hat rack. Then 
the children sat down at a table to 
read. 

Some children opposite them 
nudged each other, pointed to them, 
and made remarks in whispers. 




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When they came out of the Library 
Bobby said, 

“To tell you this is only fair, 

It is impolite to stare, 

If you make remarks about a stranger 
To be ill-mannered you’re in danger.” 


The rude little boys and girls were 
ashamed and told the Twins they 
would be glad to learn good manners, 
but no one had ever told them it was 
rude to stare, and they really meant 
nothing by it. The Twins gladly in¬ 
troduced them to their own children 
and went on to say it is not well- 
mannered to laugh, or make fun of 
any thing unusual in a person’s dress, 
speech, or manners. 




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We should be ready to help any one 
who is anxious to learn good manners. 

Some children have to wear old 
clothes handed down from brothers or 
sisters, and they do not always fit or 
look as well as though bought for 
them. If you are so fortunate as to 
have plenty of new clothes, you should 
be specially kind to poorer children. 

It is a sign of good manners to be 
careful of the feelings of others. 

Little Wee Boy dropped some pen¬ 
nies in a beggar’s hat and Bobby told 
him it was a foolish thing to do, unless 
Father or Mother gave permission. 
Many people who appeared to be beg- 




And Might Not Be Poor at All 



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gars were mere impostors and might 
not be poor at all. 

He also said that no boy or girl 
should talk on the street with any one 
they did not know. 

Betsy said, “If any one stops you to 
ask a street number or simple ques¬ 
tion, answer quickly and walk on.” 
If you, yourself, are lost, ask a ques¬ 
tion at a store, or of a policeman. 

The children were walking side by 
side when a lady wished to pass and 
she said, 

“Step in front of each other lad or lass 
When any one desires to pass.” 

Little Wee Boy said, “How much 




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we have learned on our walk to-day,” 
and little Wee Girl said, “I hope we 
will grow up well-mannered”; many 
boys and girls would like to do the 
correct thing if they only knew how. 

By and by they met little Glum 
and little Gay again. 

One was eating peanuts and the 
other chewing gum. 

The Twins said quietly after they 
had passed by, 

“Let us repeat, if we are neat, 

We will not eat upon the street.” 

Little Wee Girl had a cold and was 
sadly in need of a handkerchief so they 
stopped at the store and bought one. 




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Betsy whispered to her, 

“Most any child will come to grief, 

If she starts out without a handkerchief.” 


Little Wee Girl said she would try to 
remember and she wished she had as, 
many pockets to keep them in, as little 
Wee Boy had. 

When the children got home Little 
Wee Boy said, 

“Dear Twins, we’ll try not to forget 
Our rules of proper STREET Etiquette.” 

The Twins showed them how to 
work an Enigma, can you work out 
the answer? 




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My first is in end but not in start, 
My second is in tin but not in can, 
My third is in ink but not in pen, 
My fourth is in Queen but not in 
King. 

My fifth is in up but not in down. 
My sixth is in easy but not in hard. 
My seventh is in top but not in spin. 
My eighth is in tree but not in leaf, 
My ninth is in egg but not in chick. 

If my whole you practice every day, 

You’ll be well-mannered in work and play. 


See first page for answer. 




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JOLLY RIDING 


The Social Twins said, “Little Glum and Gay 
Will you go riding with us to-day?” 


Little Glum was not very polite in 
answering and said he would rather 
stay at home, but little Gay said, ‘‘I 
thank you for inviting me, I am sure 
I will enjoy the ride.” 

Before long, both the children de¬ 
cided to go. 

Little Glum waved his hat to at¬ 
tract the attention of the street-car 
conductor, and little Gay waved his 


arm. 




A Funny Old Man , a Little Lame Boy , and a Girl in Red 





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The Social Twins remarked that this 
was quite unnecessary as the conductor 
was on the watch for people who 
wanted him to stop, as that was his 
business. They said that if you mere¬ 
ly raise your hand he will know that 
you want to get aboard his car. 

They were standing on the right 
side of the street facing the direction 
in which they wanted to go. Soon a 
car came and they got aboard when it 
stopped. 

The car was very crowded but a 
gentleman arose and gave Betsy a seat 
for which she thanked him politely. 

Bobby said that the children must 




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not lean against any one, but should 
take hold of the door-handle or brace 
themselves against the front of the car 
until they could get seats. 

Some people got off and they had 
seats the rest of the way. 

A funny old man sat opposite the 
children. He had a pack much like 
the one Santa Claus carries. Out of 
the top of his pack peeped toys, for he 
was a toy-maker. 

It was a great temptation for the 
children to stare at him. By his side 
was a little lame boy, and on the other 
side sat a girl gayly dressed in red, 
carrying a red parasol. 




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The Social Twins noticed that Glum 
and Gay stared hard at the people 
opposite, and whispered softly to 
them, 

“Good-mannered children have a care, 

It is very impolite to stare.” 

The children dropped their eyes and 
only glanced up then as they should, 
once in a while. Little Glum was think¬ 
ing he could write a story about street¬ 
car passengers telling who they were, 
and where they were going. Little 
Gay thought he would like to get off 
with the toy-maker. 

The little girl in red talked noisily 
to the toy-maker, though she had 
never seen him before, and when the 




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The Little Girl in Red Talked Noisily 


car stopped suddenly her voice was 
heard above the voices of the other 
passengers, as she said, “I love the 
curly kind, don’t you?” 

Of course her remark sounded very 
foolish. She was talking about a 
curly-haired toy-dog. 
















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Presently the children got off the 
car and entered a Railway Station. 

“Are we going on the train?” asked 
Glum. 

“May I buy peanuts?” asked Gay. 

The Twins said, “We must go at 
once and buy our tickets.” 

The Railway Station is not a place 
for loafers. 

Only those who have business there 
should enter it and little boys and 
girls should never go there to play. 

After the tickets were bought to 
Mayville they all sat down quietly to 
wait until their train was called. 

Little Gay said, “I have a dime in 




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my pocket, may I go and buy my 
peanuts now?” 

The Twins said, “We can all eat 
peanuts at home. No well-mannered 
child eats in a public place unless he 
has travelled so far he needs a lunch. 
Then he will eat quietly and keep 
scraps off the floor. How would you 
like to sit in a seat where you saw 
crumbs or peanut shells? We should 
all have respect for the rights of 
others.” 

Soon the train was called and the 
children were so excited to think they 
were going to take a real journey, that 
they quite forgot themselves, and 




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talked loud enough to attract the at¬ 
tention of many people. 

Bobby and Betsy each spoke to 
Glum and Gay begging them to lower 
their voices or keep entirely quiet until 
they entered the train. Betsy said, 

“Remember your manners wherever you go, 
Drop your voice and try to speak low.” 

The Twins gave the children their 
own tickets to hold, and told them to 
watch out and have them ready when 
the conductor came. 

A man came into the train with 
apples and oranges saying in a sing¬ 
song kind of way. 

“Apples, oranges, lemon candy, 

Chewing gum, you’ll find handy.” 




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Little Glum and Gay did not ask 
for anything to eat but they said they 
felt thirsty all the time. 

The Social Twins said it was tire¬ 
some to see a child run to the end of 
the car all the time, for a drink of 
water, and it was quite unnecessary, 
for one would not be drinking con¬ 
tinually at home. 

Bobby thought a long time and then 
made up a verse that was helpful. He 
said, 

“When you think you’re thirsty don’t tell 
a soul, 

Just use your power of self-control.” 

Little Gay said, “I think we can 




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get over the idea of always wanting a 
drink.” 

Little Glum said, “I can think of 
something else too and forget I am 
thirsty.” 

As Mayville was the next station 
they soon arrived, and went into a 
store where the Twins were polite to 
the clerk who came to wait on them. 
They cautioned little Glum and Gay 
not to handle things on the counter, 
or to sample candy without asking 
permission first. 

They carried their purchases with 
them. 

No boy or girl need be ashamed of 
carrying things. 




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Next they went into a toy-store and 
were surprised to meet the funny old 
toy-maker who had been with them 
on the street car. He let the children 
ride on his new rocking horse and see¬ 
saw, and they had a wonderful time. 

Little Gay remembered to thank 
the toy-maker who gave him a tiny 
tin horse as a present. 

Both the children thanked the 
Twins for the trip when they got home, 
and the Social Twins remarked, 




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“We hope you’ll promise not to forget 
Your rules of riding etiquette.” 

The Twins were invited in to supper 
but they said they could not stay, 
and Little Glum and Gay waved good 
bye to them. 

After supper they tried to write 
down everything they learned in a 
little book. They called their story 
“Manners In Riding.” I am sorry to 
say they lost their little story next day. 
Can you close the book and write it 
for them? 




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Were Surprised to Hear the Family Clock Say 


COURTESY AT SCHOOL 

Betsy and Bobby got up one morn¬ 
ing early and were surprised to hear 
the Family Clock say, 

“I will help you be on time to school, 

But you start TOO EARLY as a rule.” 

Miss Welcome who was visiting 









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them said to the Social Twins, “What 
did the clock say to you?” 

The children repeated the verse and 
said, “This clock often seems to us to 
sing a little rhyme instead of its usual 
‘tick-tock’. 

Miss Welcome said, “The clock is 
right, do not start to school too early 
or you will be in the way. I hope when 
you arrive you will say ‘Good Morn¬ 
ing,’ to your teacher.” 

The Social Twins begged Miss Wel¬ 
come to go to school with them and 
she did so. 

She whispered to Betsy to help 
clean the blackboards and to Bobby 
to help clean the erasers. 




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The children were always glad to 
help the teacher and tried to keep their 
own desks in order. 

Bobby whispered sometimes in 
school and Miss Welcome called him 
into the hall and told him it was very 
ill-mannered to interrupt by whisper¬ 
ing when the teacher wanted the room 
quiet. She said it was also rude to 
shove your feet in school or make any 
unnecessary noise. 

Bobby really wanted to do the right 
thing always, so he set himself a task. 
He wrote twenty times as a copy in his 
very best handwriting, 

“I WILL NOT WHISPER, I WILL 
BE STILL.” 




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Now it happened that Betsy had 
one bad habit and did not realize it. 
She snapped her fingers at the teacher 
when she raised her hand and Miss 
Welcome told her how ill-mannered 
it was. 

The teacher asked Miss Welcome 
to give the children in her room a talk, 
and as she noticed bits of paper on the 
floor, she said, 

“Suppose we call this School-Room Town, 

As I go walking up and down, 

Will every street be clean and neat? 

Shall I bow to every one I meet?” 

You see she called the aisles streets, 
and the children looked down at the 






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floor and picked up the papers they 
had carelessly dropped, and they all 
promised to keep the streets in School- 
Room Town as neat as possible in the 
future. 

Miss Welcome continued, 

“Keep your desk in order every day, 

To be neat and orderly is the best way, 

In every street in School-Room Town, 
There’s a motto that’s of great renown, 

‘A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND 
EVERYTHING IN PLACE,’ 

Come to your seat with a smiling face, 

And little children since you ask it 

The place for waste paper is in the basket!” 

Instead of crushing waste paper in 
their hands the children in this room 




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learned to fold their papers neatly, 
and put them in the waste basket when 
it was passed. They never left their 
seats to put paper in the basket or to 
sharpen pencils. 

Miss Welcome said, “In School- 
Room Town you are not well man¬ 
nered if you ask often to leave the 
room, or ask to leave your seat to 
borrow things. If it is necessary to 
borrow things be sure to return them. 
Try to bring two pencils to school so if 
one breaks you can use the other. Try 
to attend to everything necessary out¬ 
side the school room, before school, at 
noon, or at recess. 




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You can restrain yourself usually 
from asking for a drink of water. 

A well-mannered child in school does 
not ask a great many questions. If 
you think twice before asking any 
question you may be able to think out 
the answer yourself, and you should 
learn to use a dictionary intelligently. 

You can learn to spell a new word 
every day, you can also learn the mean¬ 
ing of a new word every day, in this 
way you help to educate yourself. 

Do not use slang or bad English in 
any form. 

On the playground it is selfish to 
break into a game that is already 




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A Well-Mannered Child in School Does Not Ask a Great Many Questions 


started. You cannot always expect 
to be leader either in a game. Take 
your turn with the rest and “play 
fair.” 

It is ill-mannered to boast at school 
about anything. 

If you have better clothes or more 
money to spend than most children 










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you are fortunate, indeed, and should 
try to be kind to those less fortunate. 

Some children in school are very shy 
and some have poor eye-sight or 
physical defects of one kind or another. 
Instead of teasing you should be 
thoughtful for them and try to help 
them overcome their troubles. If 
sickness keeps a child from school, help 
him to make up his lessons when he 
returns. 

In the school room kindness and good cheer 
Will make you always welcome dear. 

The children clapped their hands 
to show they liked Miss Welcome’s 
talk and, as she walked home with 




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the Social Twins, Betsy said, “I learned 
something about keeping my desk in 
order.” 

Bobby said, “I will try always to 
'play fair,’ on the playground. I have 
learned that no one has a good opinion 
of a cheater.” 

Miss Welcome smiled brightly and 
said, 

Dear children, I hope you’ll not forget 
Your rules of school-room Etiquette.” 

Little Reader, what did you learn 
from this story? 




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THE GOOD TABLE 

The Social Twins were very anxious 
to have good table-manners so they 
were happy when Miss Welcome came 
to make them a real long visit. 

She taught them to set a table, 
putting the plates at each place, with 
knife at the right, fork at the left, and 
glass of water at the right, while if 
they wanted a spoon placed there, she 
said it should be in front of the plate. 
She also taught them to set a tray 
neatly for Mother when she was ill. 
She told them to always use china that 





So They W ere Happy When Miss Welcome Came 

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matched, that is, the plate should 
match the cup and saucer and so on, 
and the tray should look as dainty as 
possible, and they must never, never 
burn the toast to send up on a tray! 

She remarked in her happy way, 

“The Social Twins are surely able 
To set a tray and set a table.” 

When they sat down to breakfast 
Miss Welcome told of a home she had 
lately visited where some of the chil¬ 
dren dropped food on the table. 

Bobby said, 

“Proper children never should 
Be careless enough to drop their food.” 

Betsy said, looking very hard at her 
brother, 




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“Proper children I’m repeating, 

Do not make a noise when eating.” 

Miss Welcome remarked, 

“You learned some lessons I declare, 

But do not sit on the edge of the chair.” 

At this, the Twins sat well in their 
chairs and very straight, and Betsy re¬ 
marked, “I have seen some children 
point with their knives and forks and 
play with their napkin rings!” 

Bobby said, “How nice it would be 
if we could write some rules of good 
table manners that every child would 
learn.” 

As the Social Twins had very little 
time at home, and they now had to 




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wait for their cakes to be cooked, they 
got out their little blank books, and 
each suggested something to write and 
Miss Welcome was glad to help them. 
When their books were completed they 
read like this. 

The Social Twins want every little 
boy and girl to learn how to appear at 
the table. 

If you practice good manners at 
home you will be sure to behave well 
in company. Wait by your chair when 
called to the table until all are ready 
to be seated, and never ask to be helped 
first, or begin to eat what is on your 
plate until all are served. Do not ask 




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81 


to be helped several times with one par¬ 
ticular kind of food, and do not com¬ 
plain that you dislike any dish passed 
you, if you cannot eat it, simply say, 
“No thank you.” Perhaps you do not 
have a maid to pass the food but have 
it set on the table. Never complain 
then of food set in front of you. 

Should your toast or muffin be a 
little burned or any of your food be a 
little unusual do not call attention to 
it at the table, but tell mother about 
it afterward. 

Place your napkin in your lap before 
beginning to eat. 

If coffee, cocoa, or soup are served, 




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be careful not to make a noise and lift 
the side of the spoon to your mouth. 
Never sip it from the end of the spoon. 

To crumble bread or crackers in your 
soup, or on your plate is impolite. 

It is unpleasant to have any one kick 
the table leg or hum or whistle at the 
table. 

Unless you have something pleasant to say 
Be quiet at the table to-day. 

Never mention any ill-feeling at the 
table. If you have a headache it is not 
§ood manners to mention it at the 
table, it might remind some one else 
they were not feeling well, and thus 
take away some one’s appetite. 




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When older people are present be 
quiet and listen to what they have to 
say. 

Every meal should be cheerful and 
you can help to make it so. 

It is improper to ever put a knife in 
your mouth, people may have done 
so before they had forks but we are 
living as civilized people. 

The knife is used for cutting and 
spreading such things as butter and 
jelly, and when not in use should rest 
on the plate. Soft foods are as a rule 
eaten with the fork. 

When the meal is over place your 
knife and fork side by side on your 
plate, never crossing each other. 




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The Social Twins do as you also should, 
They keep their mouths closed when eating 
food, 

And they say that every child is able, 

To keep his elbows off the table.” 

It is not necessary to spill crumbs on 
the floor. 

Try to eat all the food on your plate 
but never scrape your plate, or wipe 
up anything on it, with bread. 

Ask politely to be excused from the 
table, if you must leave before the rest, 
but first fold up your napkin and place 
it in the napkin ring and remember, 

Proper children never should, 

Leave the table EATING food. 


The Social Twins improved in their 




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The Twins Improved Their Manners Every Day 


table manners every day and Miss Wel¬ 
come added to the books they were 
writing 

“We hope that you will not forget 
Your rules of Table Etiquette.” 

I am sure almost any child can im¬ 
prove in table manners by reading this 
story carefully. 















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THE SOCIAL TWINS 


THE LITTLE WRITERS 

One day Grandmother sent the So¬ 
cial Twins a book. 

They were so pleased to receive it, 
they said, “We will write Grandmother 
a letter at once to acknowledge her 
present.” 

They each had their own box of writ¬ 
ing paper and envelopes. They ad¬ 
dressed the envelope with care, writing 
each line of the address further to the 
right. 

Mrs. James Brown, 

201 Pine Street. 

Boston, 

Massachusetts. 




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When Bobby had finished his letter 
he sealed it at once but Betsy let Moth¬ 
er read her letter, and here it is, every 
word spelled correctly. 

Platteville, Wisconsin, 
June 2nd. 

Dear Grandmother: 

We received the book you sent us 
and know we will enjoy reading it 
because the stories look so interest¬ 
ing and we love the pictures. It was 
kind of you to remember us. 

Mother says I am learning to read 
much better and I got an eighty- 
eight in Arithmetic last term. 

Bobby is one grade ahead of me 
and he gets higher marks in spelling 




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than I do, for he is so fond of the 
dictionary that he tries to learn one 
new word a day. 

We hope you will come to visit us 
again soon. 

Your loving grandchild, 

Betsy Bobbet. 

The Social Twins found they must 
put the stamps on their letters on the 
upper right hand corner of the envel¬ 
opes. Then, they took their letters to 
the Post Office to mail them. 

Bobby said, “Did you sign your full 
name?” 

“Yes,” answered Betsy, “for I have 
learned that letters sometimes go to 
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name and address of the sender are on 
them, they will come back in the course 
of time to the sender.” 

Bobby said, “I wonder if we will 
receive any letters today.” 

The children did receive two letters 
and an invitation. 

One letter was from Miss Welcome 
who said, “I hope you answer your 
letters promptly, and I hope you are 
careful to answer any questions in the 
letters you receive. I also hope, if you 
went to the house party you mention¬ 
ed, that you wrote a note of thanks to 
the hostess. I hope too, that you know 
if you receive a written invitation to a 
party you must write your reply. 




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A written invitation is called a “for¬ 
mal invitation.” 

The children had an invitation to 
the home of Glum and Gay, written in 
their mother’s name of course. It read, 

Mrs. H. S. Marche would be 
pleased to see Miss Betsy Bobbet 
and Master Bobby Bobbet at home 
June the fourth, from eight to ten 
o’clock. 

212 Main Street, 

Wednesday, June third. 
R.S.V.P. 

The letters at the end of this formal 
invitation mean “Reply if you please.” 




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They stand for French words, and 
every note containing them must re¬ 
ceive a reply. 

Betsy studied out how to reply. She 
wrote, 

Miss Betsy Bobbet and Master 
Bobby Bobbet accept with pleasure 
Mrs. Marche’s kind invitation for 
the evening of June the fourth. 

204 Elm Street, 

Thursday, June fourth. 

Betsy wondered what they should 
write if for any reason they could not 
go to the party. 

Bobby said, “I know, we would sim¬ 
ply write in the same form that ‘we 




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regret that we cannot accept Mrs. 
Marche’s kind invitation on that 
date, etc.’ ” 

If we are writing to a person we know 
very well we may state why we are 
unable to accept their invitation. 

The next day Betsy wanted to send 
a formal present and so she asked 
Mother how to word her note. She 
wrote, 

Dear Miss Welcome, 

Please accept this remembrance 

from me with my good wishes. 

Your sincere friend, 

Betsy Bobbet. 

One day Father sent a telegram that 




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94 

required an answer and Bobby begged 
to be allowed to write it. 

Here is the telegram, often called, 
for short, ‘‘a wire.” 

New York, June 5th 

Mrs. B. E. Bobbet, 

204 Elm Street, 

Platteville, Wisconsin. 

Meet me in Chicago tomorrow 
Auditorium Hotel Wire reply. 

Burt E. Bobbet. 

Mother was glad to think of meeting 
Father of course, and said, “Well, Bob¬ 
by, how will you word the reply?” He 
wrote, 




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Platteville, Wisconsin 
June 5 th 

Mr. B. E. Bobbet, 

Hotel Sheridan, 

New York City, 

New York. 

Glad to meet you tomorrow Aud¬ 
itorium Hotel Chicago All well. 

Mrs. B. E. Bobbet. 

Mother said the telegram sounded 
all right and she saw it had only ten 
words in it, she said that if you sent 
a message of over ten words it would 
cost more to send, but she also ex¬ 
plained it is sometimes necessary to 
send long telegrams. 




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Long telegrams can be sent cheaper 
at night than in the day and they are 
called “Night Letters.” You can find 
how many words you are allowed in a 
Night Letter by inquiring at the near¬ 
est telegraph office. 

You should be sure to make your 
message as clear as possible in a tele¬ 
gram. 

One day Bobby came in and said, 
“I do not know how to make out a 
bill.” 

He looked in a book and found the 
correct form and wrote the following: 

Mr. John Brown, 

Los Robles Ave. 

To Bobby Bobbet, Dr. 




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5 hours’ work (cutting kindling) 50 cts. 
4 hours’ work (raking lawn) - - 40 cts. 

Received payment 90 cents 

He learned that he must sign his 
name when he was paid. 

The Social Twins wrote a little verse 
for all children to read. 

The Social Twins hope you will not forget 
Your rules of Note and Invitation Etiquette. 

One little boy I know, after reading 
this story sat down and copied every 
note in it, and one little girl I know 
sat down and wrote a letter to grand¬ 
father, and both the children said, 
< ‘We are glad to learn how to do things 
like this correctly.” 





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These two children made up a little 
verse that read, 

“We’re glad the Social Twins we met, 

With all their rules of Etiquette.” 








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THE VREMEMBER’' BOOKLETS 



To Write a Little Booklet 


The Social Twins said they would 
write a little booklet on various kinds 
of politeness. 

They whispered together about it, 
and Mother said, “Never whisper be¬ 
fore others, speak out loud what you 
have to say.” 









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The Twins each said, “Excuse us, 
Mother, we will make a note about 
whispering in our little booklets, for 
we are truly trying to be polite.” 

The children made their own book¬ 
lets of brown wrapping paper and cov¬ 
ers of wall paper. They cut out letters 
to spell the words “General Etiquette” 
and pasted the letters on the outside of 
their booklets. 

After much thinking and many cor¬ 
rections their little booklets read like 
this. 

1. Self-Control. 

Children can do whatever they have 
to do. We can all develop courage. 




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If a boy finds it necessary to go to 
the dentist, he can go alone, make his 
appointment, and return at the correct 
hour. The dentist understands his 
business and will never hurt you more 
than necessary, and besides that, he 
admires a brave child. You can sit 
quietly in his chair and try to think 
of the courage exercised by young In¬ 
dians when put to various tests before 
they become chiefs. You have as much 
courage as the savages! 

If you have to be vaccinated you 
need have no fear. You will truly feel 
little more than a pin prick on your 
arm. You have often hurt yourself 




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more than that, and said nothing 
about it. 

Do not whine or scold, but show you 
are the master of yourself and can do 
what is required of you. 

You are naturally in a hurry to find 
Mother when you enter the house. Do 
not call “Mother! Mother!” but go 
and find her, then be sure you are not 
interrupting her or taking her from 
important duties before you speak. 
Never enter Mother’s own room with¬ 
out knocking. 

Learn to take some responsibilities. 

If you have a bird or animal to care 
for, do so without being told. If you 




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Do Not Cry When Disappointed 

have piano practising to do, attend to 
it yourself. Your parents do enough 
when they pay for your lessons and it 
is tiresome for them to remind you to 
practise. 

BE DEPENDABLE. 

Keep appointments and always keep 
your word. 

Try always to be on time. Do not 
go to church or school or the theatre 
late. 




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Do not cry when disappointed, you 
can learn to keep some of your feelings 
to yourself. 

Do not correct older people when 
they make mistakes in grammar, the 
chances are that they know better, but 
like you, are a little careless sometimes. 

If you know one of your age makes 
a wrong statement do not say, “It is 
not so,” say politely instead, “I think 
it was the other way,” and explain 
patiently why you hold your opinion. 

You would be glad to have a person 
patient with you if you made a mis¬ 
take. 




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Try Always to Be On Time 





















































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2. Self-Improvement. 

Every boy and girl should be par¬ 
ticular about their person, bathing all 
over at least once a week, and being 
careful never to wear soiled or torn 
clothing. Any child can remember also 
to keep his shoes blacked if there is a 
blacking bottle in the house. 

The hands should always be washed 
before eating and great care taken of 
the teeth to keep them clean. 

Have your own tooth brush. Do not 
say as one child did, “I could not get 
the tooth brush, my brother was using 
it.” 




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Do not make any fuss in using a 
handkerchief. If you must be noisy 
step out of the room. 

We can all learn to avoid unhealthy 
food, eat slowly, and drink plenty of 
pure water. 

We can learn to use good language 
by listening to others and by reading 
good books. 

We should avoid slang and use good 
English at all times. 

Boys should remember the caution 
“Ladies first,” and we all can be re¬ 
spectful to our elders. 

We should address older people as 
Miss, Mrs., or Cousin as the case may 




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be, and never call them by their first 
names. 

The younger we are when we learn 
to adapt ourselves to circumstances 
the happier we will be. 

If it rains on Saturday and we can¬ 
not play out doors we can play inside. 
Cultivate good nature and try to make 
other people happy. 

You should find it a pleasure to take 
a book or bunch of flowers to a sick 
person, to give some poor animal a 
drink of water, or provide a feast of 
crumbs for the birds. 

We can all learn courtesy and con¬ 
sideration for others. 




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Here is a good motto for us, 

“The greater man, the greater courtesy.” 

The Twins finished their writing and 
rose from the sofa to greet Miss Wel¬ 
come. She read what they had written 
and said the children had done so well 
that she believed Mother would be 
willing for them to have a treat, so they 
all went out and made lemonade and 
Mother said that the cookie-jar was 
full! 

Soon they all came back into the 
room where Mother and Father sat. 

They carried the glasses on a tray 
and the pitcher of lemonade carefully 
by hand. 




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Betsy carried the cookies on a tray 
too, and Bobby said, “I almost forgot 
the napkins!” 

After a pleasant visit Miss Welcome 
bade the family good bye and said, 
smiling, 

“I hope that you will not forget, 

Your rules of General Etiquette.” 

The Twins followed her to the door 
and asked her to visit them soon again 
for they had grown very fond of her. 

That night as the Social Twins lay 
in their little beds side by side, Betsy 
said sleepily, 

“Brother dear good night, good night 
I hope you’ll always be polite.” 

Bobby replied, 




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Good Manners Every Day To Learn 


“Good night, dear sister, now I say, 

We’ll practise manners every day.” 

A little girl reading the story about 
the Social Twins said, 

“They’re the finest children I ever met, 

I’ll practise their rules of Etiquette, 

And help other children I meet in turn, 
Good manners every day to learn, 

Any child will not regret 

That he learned rules of Etiquette, 

If you’re polite in work and play, 

You’ll be well-mannered every day. 

( Finis) 




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Tale of Curly Tail 


The Tiddly Winks 
Surprise Stories 
The Party Twins 
Washington’s Boyhood 
Comical Circus Stories 
Real Out-of-Door Stories 
Fifty Funny Animal Tales 
In and Out-Door Playgames 
Child’s Garden of Verses 
The Treasure Twins 


Reading Time Stories 
Knowledge Primer Games 
Jolly Polly and Curly Tail 
Flower and Berry Babies 
Little Boy France 
Busy Fingers Drawing Primer 


Happy Manikin in Manners Town 
The Vegetable and Fruit Children 
The Dinner That Was Always There 
Six Tiddly Winks and the A to Zees 


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ALBERT WHITMAN & COMPANY 
CHICAGO, U. S. A. 

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